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A long overdue “cheers!” for the recommends Stoats. I thought both “Malediction and Prayer” and “The Singer” were pretty amazing. Particularly with regard to female musicianship, it’s interesting the way Galas can sound aggressive, cruel, sharp, hard, traits we’d perhaps normally associate with masculinity, and how that’s inverted within her still clearly feminine voice, and how that complicates ideas of how female singers should sound, which I’m sure is part of the point. Especially on some of the more Blues based tracks on Malediction and Prayer it’s fascinating to hear a classically trained singer re-interpret them against quite minimal arrangements, and the juxtaposition of piercing vocals (and say in the thrill is gone some sort of controlled shrieking, that being the best way I can describe it) and the somewhat warmer, less emotionally detached singing seems designed to constantly throw you off balance while listening to her. Needless to say that her choice of songs / themes strike a chord as well, being interested (a wee bit anyway) in Greek poetry I particularly liked the very direct, even simplistic reversal / reclamation themes in Keigome Keigome:
I swore by your eyes,
Sacred to me,
To turn the knife that you stabbed me with,
Into laughter
I’m burning
I’m burning
Pour more oil onto the fire
Anyway, very interesting stuff, I’m sure I’ll eventually search out more. Cheers again! |
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